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Sep 26 03:52:30 <set_> https://github.com/beagleboard/beaglebone-blue/wiki/Accessories has a bunch of poor hyperlinks. Just a heads up from your dude over here.
Sep 26 10:43:35 <jduchniewicz> You can correct them :)
Sep 26 10:47:32 <set_> Oh. I am not in charge of the github repo. I guess i can try.
Sep 26 10:52:13 <set_> Like a pull request or something like that?
Sep 26 10:53:22 <set_> The connectors are obsolete or people have stopped producing them, i.e. as it was easier to make them for people making themselves a combo. of pins, wires, and connectors. I think!
Sep 26 10:54:16 <zmatt> which links are you talking about?
Sep 26 10:57:26 <zmatt> oh yeah the hobby king 4-pin JST-SH
Sep 26 10:58:14 <set_> That one and digikey is out.
Sep 26 10:58:27 <set_> Some others are discontinued.
Sep 26 10:58:46 <set_> Like the two shops w/ the bundles.
Sep 26 10:58:49 <zmatt> out of stock doesn't make a link "bad", it just means it's temporarily out of stock
Sep 26 10:59:15 <set_> Oh. I can look around but I have not found any so far. Maybe mouser?
Sep 26 10:59:36 <zmatt> ?
Sep 26 10:59:54 <set_> Oh. So, out of stock does not mean they have been discontinued.
Sep 26 11:00:10 <set_> Let me show you...
Sep 26 11:00:52 <set_> https://www.renaissancerobotics.com/JST_Jumper_Bundle.html is out of stock * maybe indefinitely *
Sep 26 11:00:54 <set_> And...
Sep 26 11:01:12 <set_> https://www.conrad.de/de/beagleboard-kabel-bb-blue-kabelset-1606596.html too!
Sep 26 11:01:25 <zmatt> I see nothing to suggest the "maybe indefinitely"
Sep 26 11:01:35 <set_> I know but i Have been paying attention.
Sep 26 11:01:47 <set_> I have not caught them w/ supplies for a bit now.
Sep 26 11:01:50 <set_> Years.
Sep 26 11:02:17 <set_> Well, the ren. Robotics site has been out for years it seems.
Sep 26 11:02:51 <set_> I was going to make my own and then blah, I found digikey to be out of stock.
Sep 26 11:02:58 <zmatt> maybe they're waiting for customers on the waiting list, who knows
Sep 26 11:03:02 <set_> Oh.
Sep 26 11:03:04 <set_> That makes sense.
Sep 26 11:03:21 <set_> So, if the demand is there and people are wanting them, bam, supplies!
Sep 26 11:03:33 <set_> Oh well.
Sep 26 11:03:47 <set_> Mr. Patient over here will have to wait.
Sep 26 11:04:27 <set_> @zmatt: Did you ever try to fly the BBBlue w/ ArduCopter-ArduPilot. I never seem to understand how to get this Blue Bird flying high.
Sep 26 11:04:38 <zmatt> I don't have a blue
Sep 26 11:04:42 <set_> Oh.
Sep 26 11:04:44 <set_> Okay.
Sep 26 11:05:00 <set_> That means, no 'master set_', I have not flown the Blue Bird.
Sep 26 11:05:05 <set_> Ha.
Sep 26 11:05:43 <set_> My DC motor connector came completely off the other day and the pins were still attached to the board.
Sep 26 11:05:46 <set_> I got lucky.
Sep 26 11:06:45 <set_> Anyway, thank you guys for replying. I will keep searching.
Sep 26 11:07:08 <set_> and if by chance, I find a gold mine, I will get a pull request in.
Sep 26 11:07:24 <zmatt> it's a wiki, it's directly editable
Sep 26 11:07:36 <set_> OH.
Sep 26 11:07:41 <set_> Oh Ohio!
Sep 26 11:07:48 <zmatt> just don't make a mess, and don't remove links merely because they're out of stock
Sep 26 11:08:08 <set_> Okay. What about the one you mentioned that is discontinued?
Sep 26 11:08:21 <set_> from Hobby King?
Sep 26 11:10:04 <set_> I mean, can I say something like, "out of stock," next to the ones that are waiting for demand?
Sep 26 11:13:25 <zmatt> the hobby king 4/6-pin JST-SH pigtails are indeed discontinued, although they do have 4-pin connectors themselves: https://hobbyking.com/en_us/jst-sh-1-0mm-4-pin-female-connector-10pc.html
Sep 26 11:14:17 <zmatt> don't be silly, it's already hard enough for a wiki to stay remotely uptodate without trying to use it for real-time inventory tracking
Sep 26 11:15:00 <zmatt> people can just follow the links and see if it's stock, if not try a different link or ask the seller when stock is expected to be available
Sep 26 11:18:15 <set_> Okay.
Sep 26 11:18:16 <set_> No issue.
Sep 26 11:18:53 <set_> I still use the BBBlue, or try, vigorously while getting shifted back into ardupilot stuff here and there.
Sep 26 11:19:17 <set_> i just thought. That was all. I figured I would run it by someone before making mistakes.
Sep 26 11:21:57 <set_> https://beagleboard.org/blue purchasing links are out? Hmm.
Sep 26 11:22:06 <set_> Oh well.
Sep 26 11:22:14 <set_> I should stop before people have to work more.
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